A yob repeatedly hit a police officer and spat at them as trouble erupted in Hanley. Marcus Ramsden was among the throng as officers were being pelted with missiles and abuse as a riot erupted in the city centre. The 22-year-old, of Goldenhill, was told by an officer to move …
Read More »Police block part of Potteries Way roundabout as driver taken to Royal Stoke
One lane of a busy roundabout remains coned off this afternoon after a crash. Sand has been put down on the carriageway and cobbles have been displaced on the roundabout linking Waterloo Road, Potteries Way and Hope Street, in Hanley. The temporary repair work means traffic travelling down Waterloo Road …
Read More »Police investigate after delivery driver mows down Hanley postbox
Police are investigating after a Royal Mail postbox was mown down by a delivery driver in the city centre. The red pillar box – on Trinity Street, in Hanley – was struck by the delivery vehicle on Wednesday night. It was knocked completely out of the ground in the incident, …
Read More »Royal Mail resumes deliveries to this Stoke-on-Trent flats complex after mix-up leaves residents without post
Postal deliveries have been reinstated at a flats complex – after a mix-up left residents without their mail. Deliveries had continued at Reginald Mitchell Court, in Hanley, throughout the coronavirus pandemic with post left in the building’s reception. But that unexpectedly changed earlier this week to trigger complaints from residents. …
Read More »‘We are truly grateful to our loyal customers…’ – 20,000 households to be offered 10% off shop after car park reopens at Stoke-on-Trent supermarket
Twenty-thousand households are being offered discounts on their supermarket shop – to reward customers for their patience during ‘disruptive’ demolition works next to a busy store. Iceland has been handing out 10 per cent discount vouchers to shoppers using its Hanley store this week. It follows the reopening of the …
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